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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-05
Notice for Final Entry.
Land Office at Helena. aIontan

StHtFI1bEFAH, 1851.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention 70
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before John ".
Iattan, Probate Judge Of Ghoteau comfy, Mt.
at Fort Benton, M. IT,. On November IL, viz.
William j. KeIls, who made presumption i. S.
No. aI57 for the SEA sec. %. tip. II N, r, 3 E,
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of
said land, viz. Edith Mcmillan. Caroline &.
Mcmillan, Louis g. Phelps and Herbert q.
ChnWsn, all of nreat Falls. Montana.
N. LASGHQRNE, Receiver.
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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-05

raj desire for a good cattle market at
St. Paul. Mr.. Barron represents well
the sentiments of Young Montana.
IT IS reported that when George
Boos returned to Helena with the
Cascade county contract for record
books he was met by the city fathers
who conferred on him the freedom of
the city--a privilege which authorizes
the holder to take drinks lat two bits
each) in all the saloons. George, who
also d another large contract this
year, responded, the Independent
says, in verse as follows:
The Grand Forks man had . seductive way.
And the Pioneer Press the Tame.
The Jaurnaihad no fringe Il 81,
But got there Just thu il
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Drinking Water before Breakfast.

| "A uedlluy SIOuldCli Ill tue IuOIuiuS
tcontains considerable quantity o
thick, tenacious mucus that is spreaC
lover and adherent to its wall. If foo(
enters at this time, it will become Gov
cred with a coating of the tenacious
mucus, interfering with the direct con
tact between the food and the stomach
necessary to provoke the secretion o1
gastric Juice. The mechanical stimu
lus of the food, however, causes an in.
creased flow of mucus, which renders
that already present less tenacious
and eventually permits the food tc
touch the mucus membrane and a flow
of gastric juice, hitherto delayed, is
the result; then digestion begins.
A goblet of water, taken before
breakfast, does several things: l. II
passes through the stomach into the
small intestine in continuous and un.
interrupted flow. 2. 1t partly distend DIS
the stomach, stretching and, to soroe
extent, obliterating the ruge. 8. II
thins and washes out the most
of the tenacious mucus. 4. 1t increases
the fullness of the capilliaries of the
stomach, directly if the water is warm,
and indirectly in reactionary way if
it is cold. 5. 1t causes peristalsis oi
the whole alimentary tract, wakes il
up, $50 to speak, and gives it morn
| ing's exercise and washing.
The beneficial effects of q drink OF
water before breakfast may account
for the desire for water at this time Of
the day, particularly on rising. How
often we find that when we are very
hungry (when our stomachs are tubu-
lar and filled with mucus) we want q
drink before beginning to eat.
Moderately cold water taken into
the stomach chills locally, it stimu-
lates to contraction, and produces q re,
action. A warm, healthy glow sue,
ceeds the contraction due to the cold.
The clean hyper@mic mucous mem
brane is in excellent condition to re-
ceive food, which now can come in di'
rect contact with the bare gastric wall.
The ref1exes act to best advantage. A
copious flow of digestive juice is the
result, and the food not being covered
with mucus, digestion is easy and rap
id, for it takes place under the most fa'
vorable conditions and in minimum
time.
Care must be taken not to give cold
water when the circulation, either To-
cal or general, is so feeble as to make
reaction improbable. We should not
risk it in advanced age, nor in the fee.
BILE, whether old or young, nor should
it be given in local troubles like chron-
ic gastric catarrh. In these cases it is
best to give warm or hot water. The
addition of salt is very beneficial. .
The writer, at one time thinking il
inconsistent with the laws Of physiol'
ogy to eat soup before meals, and thus
dilute the digestive fluid, took his
after the usual meal. This did moi
agree nearly as we'll as taking it at the
beginning. Such time-honored Gus.
tom, however, as eating soup at the be-
ginning Of meal. sould only have
been so persistently adhered to be.
cause of its having been found by ex.
perience to he the most appropriate
time. 1t does exactly what warm OF
hot water with the addition of salt
does, and more, in that it is nutritive
and excites the flow of gastric juice.
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Setting Wagon Tires at Home.

Every day in summer farmers have
more or less trouble with loose wagon
tires. When they get loose we go to
the blacksmith and he sets them so
tight that when the wet weather comos
the wheels are dished out of shape,
causing them to bind in ruts and to
run hard, and in a few weeks the
wheels are spoiled. If we would have
small boiler made of sheet iron and
set over stone arch, in which to boil
a little linseed oil or gas tar, then as
soon as a tire gets loose set the rim of
the wheel in tank and slowly re-
volve it in the oil and tar, allowing
the pores of the wood to fill up with
the substance there would be but little
need of taking the wagon from home
to get the tires set, the wheels would
retain their shape, and the durability
of the wood be increased.
Gas tar might be used extensively
by farmers with good advantage. 1t
is cheap and very useful. A coat of it
put boiling hot on leaky roof and
then sprinkled with air Stacked lime
ar cement would stop all leaks and be-
come hard as slate. A good coat of
hot gas tar or black oil (crude petrole-
um) in the bottom of wagon will
make it water. tight and much more
durable. e.-RurdL Home.
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ga man of wealth, after going into
a congregation not long ago, to which
the earnestness of the pastor, had
drawn many poor working-people, re-
marked disparagingly: ga crowd like
that ought to have been good for a hum
dred dollars in the collection baskets !;
but I don't believe there was five dol
lars in the whole congregation" A
minister might we'll have been CRATE
full to God that he had drawn together
such a congregation. 1t is not the
business of minister to draw a pay
ing house. How much money was
there in one of Christ's large audi
epces?. Very little; or if there was at
any time, he said something about
riches which drove them away. The
poor it was that heard him gladly the
rich said: This is a hard saying;
who can bear it?" It is the shame and
condemnation of our pulpits and
churches if the poor people do not
come. If the rich people all come,
and those who are going to be rich,
and the poor people do not find what
they want, then there is something
very tar wrong in the church or the
minister. They must, somehow, find
and draw the poor. The church is not
for its own families first, but first for
those to whom Christ went first. A
church is successful as it brings in the
poor, and not as it gathers paying con-
gregations. A church is missionary
organization, house of apostles, and
not q club. ."-Indcpendent.
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Blessed are the Peace-Makers.

We were once in a company of in
telligent gentlemen when the charac'
ter of an eminent preacher was sub
iected to O considerable amount o1
good-natured criticism. After many
adverse remarks, one of the company
said: "It must be admitted, however
that DIR. has one extraordinary
virtue: he is the greatest peace-makel
have ever known; he will not quar-
rel himself, and he will not allow any.
body else to do 80 if he can help it,
To this proposition all present gave as.
sent, and it seemed to be the general
opinion that the possession of this
great trait ought to condone many mi
nor ofenses.
The peace-n,aker, if he be judicious
| in his methods as we'll as gentle in his
spirit, Is of ihestimable value in the
community, both in allaying existing
strifes and In preventing those that
would otherwise occur. He does not
help the work of the backbiter by TAX
ing up and repeating his ungenerous
utterances. He is not even disposed
to listen to insinuations or intimations
of wrong-doing upon the part of his
fellowmen. Being full Of the charity
that thinketh no evil, he is inclined tc
put the best possible construction upon
whatever takes place under his notice
He plays the part of mediator between
estranged friends; he suggests the
probability that what looks like inten'
tional selishness and meanness is cap
able of being viewed in another light
he cautions against the danger of pre-
cipitancy and revenge; and, in the
last place, he insists that it is better to
bear the burden of thousand wrongs
than to be guilty of the sin and folly
of infiicting one upon another person
Men of this type are called the chill
dren of God. The designation is apt.
God himself applies it. When he
gives a name he does it with definite
aim; he intends that it shall be sig
nificant of character. The peace-n1ak
er is called a child Of God because in
his spirit and temper he is like God
and has in fact become a partaker OF
the Divine nature. God is the God oi
peace; and whoever endeavors to pro.
mote peace on earth and goodwill
among men is doing Gods work.
While all this is true, we doubt wheth.
er there is any Christian virtue that is
less distinctly sought after. Often
times in mere thoughtlessness, some.
times for purposes Of merriment, and
occasionally our of pure malice, we
help the devil to arouse hatred and
stir up envies and jealousies in mems
hearts. Hereafter, let us adopt diff.
ferent policy; let us consistently, in
telligently, and diligently endeavor to
win for ourselves the beatitude of the
peace-maker. Nashville AdUOcate.
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Catechising.

A correspondent of the Presbyteriar
enforces the Importance of using the
catechism for indoctrinating children
He surely is correct. Pastors and pa
rents ought to apply themselves more
diligently to this work. The great
doctrines of the Bible ought to be
lodged in the memory Of children,
put there in the tersest and most COM
pact form. The writer says:
Piety is certainly the product of di-
vine grace, but intellectually is not so
surely generated under divine illuml-
nation. Hence the necessity of train
ing the youth of the church to habits
of correct and discriminating thought
upon divine themes. Neither piety
nor zeal will compensate for lack OF
correctness of religious thought. And
to save the church from the fate OF an
undisciplined, loose-thihking, heresy-
generating and half-orthodox MEM
bership, it is necessary to tram the
children in the fundamental doctrines
of evangelical Christianity. And from
the days of the apostles to the present
time no more satisfactory, correct and
exhaustive exposition of truth has ap-
peared than our famous Catechism.
We have no patience with the puer.
lie caveat that the Catechisnl is too diff
ticult for children. For that matter,
since its truths are infinite in their
reach, it is too difficult for adults. But
youth is endowed with expansive
power, and will, by the grace of God
after having memorized the verbal
statements of truth, gradually ap-
proach perfect apprehension of it.
Why suppose that the church can do
the work of indoctrinating the young
more efficiently by being unsystema-
tic, unmethodical, and incorrect in its
statements of great principles? And
yet it is by these limping methods that
both they who neglect and they VINO
oppose the use of catechetical lnstruc,,
ton proceed. The tests of time ana
experience Justify the continued use
of the catecGism as the basis OF doctrl-
nal instruction.
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"Perfectly Lovely"

In a recent Journal of Education
Kate Sanborn mentions some of the
more common expressions which mar
the conversation of young people now
adays, and the following is especially
held up to ridicule:
First and last let me anathematiZe
perfectly !ovely.n Bah! that is tru-
ly nauseating. I venture to affirm
that that much abused phrase is used
at least ten times daily, by every
school girl, every college girl, every
young lady in this country. It is-the
stock phrase at Smith, Wellesley and
Vassar; in fact, conversation would
droop and languish without it. A
young lady comes in to see me, and
she begins: 20 Miss Sanborn, how
perfectly lovely your rooms are! and
isn't it lovely to live in a fiat! and you
have an elevator-how lovely! It's
Just horrid to climb three flights as I
had to yesterday, although the bride 1
called Oh was so lovely I didn't mind,
you know. Her rooms were fitted up
so lovely with her wedding presents,
don't you see, and she had on a per-
fectly elegant reception dress-just too
loSciy iOA ohI ehihSI NobSaSA NaoM
I can't decribe it, but it had lots of jet
on satin, and twas just lovely. Her
hair, you know, it is just that exqui-
site, lovely chestnut shade, with rip
pie of gold, doncher know, and all
that sort of thing. You don't know
how I enjoyed your reception last
week, the music was so splendid! And
that pretty woman who whistled,
wasn't she bewitching! just too lovely
for anything! And the men! you do
get such nice men-good looking, and
such swells! Oh, ma and I said when
we got home that it was perfectly love
lyw
have heard that phrase applied to
a young pig, 70 sausage, to an opera,
to a corpse! I would like to start a So
ciety for its suppression and extinction.
If a fine of one penny had to be paid
every time it was used, we could raise
the million dollar monument to Gene
raj Grant, send fifty thousand young
women to Montana, put all the sew
ing women and superf1ous women in
easy circumstances, and send out an
other Arctic expedition.
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The pleasing announcement Is now
made that the Chinese Government has
issued proclamation tolerating Chris
tianity throughout China and promising
protection not only to the foreign
missionaries, but to the native converts.
And what does this mean? Simply a
divine reiteration of the great commits
sion-"Go." Will Gods people recog-
nize the command Of their Master by
generous contributions for those now in
foreign lands, and for those who are ca
ger to go and preach the gospel in the
regions beyond ?-Central Babtist.
A Nashville paper is authority for the
statement that "the muniticent endow-
ment of S7,OOO,0OO, which, by the terms
of Mr.. Peabody's will, goes, after now
some six or seven years remaining, to
found and endow university at some
point in the South.
The Emperor William, of Germany, is
the tallest monarch, being just six feet.
The defunct King of Bavaria was the
"shortest," being in debt several million
dollars.
The "Fisheries" question will do for
the knowing and ignorant to talk and
write about the coming summer about as
we'll as something else.
James Hunter, Philadelphia mer-
chant, has disappeared-this time only
$500, 900 dollars "defalcation." lie can't
lie found
In the wreck of the Glasgow steamship
John Knor off Channel Harbor, N. f.,
every soul on board was lost.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Watson of Ridge
Station made pleasant call last week.
There are thirty-seven bogus butter
factories in this country.
A genuine case of leprosy in Louisville
KY, is reported.
A S4OO,O 900 defaulter in Havana has dis
| ppeared.
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AND FARM
Popular Errors.

]. That there is any nutriment in
beef tea made from extracts. There is
none whatever.
2. That gelatine is nutritious. II
will not keep a cat alive. Beef tea
and gelatine, however, possesses GER
tain rerarative power, we know not
how.
8. That an egg is equal to a pound oi
meat, and that every sick person can
eat eggs. Many, especially those of q
nervous or bilious temperament, can
not eat them; and to such, eggs are
injurious.
4. That because milk is all impor-
tant article of food it must be forced
upon patient. Food that person
can not endure will not cure.
S. That arrowroot is nutritious. II
is simply starch and water, useful as q
restorative, quickly prepared.
6. That cheese is injurious in all
cases. 1t is, as a rule, contra-indicat.
ed, being usually indigestible; but il
is q concentrated nutriment and a
waste-repairer, and often craved.
7. That the cravings Of patient are
whims and should be denied. The
stomach often needs, Graves for and di.
gssts articles not laid down in any die.
tionary. Such are, for example, fruit,
pickles, jams, cake, ham, or bacon
with fat, cheese, butter and milk.
s. That an inflexible diet may be
marked out which shall apply to every
case. Choice of given list of articles
allowable in given cases must be de-
cided by the opinion of the stomach.
The stomach is right and the theory
wrong, and the judgment admits nc
appeal.
A diet which would keep a healthy
man healthy might kill sick man
and diet sufficient to sustain sick
man would not keep we'll man alive,
Increased quantity of food, especially
of liquids, does not mean increased
nutriment, rather decrease, since the
digestion is over-taxed and weakened
Strive to give the good in as concen'
trated a form as possible. Consult the
patients stomach in preference to his
cravings; and if the stomach rejects q
certain article do not force it.
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May.Day-May Nights-WhippOOr.
Will-MOOn Light.

On my weekly trip, May 7, I fell into
the pleasant company of two Doctors
Dentists and r. Engaged in cheer
full conversation, side by side. Not hav,
ing the tooth-ache was not afraid. 1 am
a coward about bees. dogs and tooth
pullers. At Leesville it took Master Ar
thur and another man to hold "Jack'
until all was "aboard" for "Goshen." "
Going through those sand beds helped
Jack so to let off steam that he was quite
on the line of moderation when we reach
ed the terminus-A. S. Bouknights-
about dusk. Here for the night abode
as misunderstanding a good sleep
with me always vital matter, and one
of thanksgiving to Him who framed
man so as to require sleep and then gives
to him the blessing.
The pleasure Of a leisurely walking talk
with Bro. Sam that moonlight night was
sweetly chorused by the clear notes OF
whippoorwill 1.-THE first of the season l
had heardl in a grove about furlong
distant. The night seemed too lovely for
anything but sauntering along in medita-
ton, songs and praise. Sabbath morn
ing we all had enough of nicely prepared
"Carp'' for breakfast, caught out of Mr..
Bouknight's cwn fish pond farm. Thought
within myself that ought to have writ
ten fish commission last week instead of
fish culture" There was as much need
of bird commission and dumb-beast
commission as for that "Fish" Commis-
sion.
A light sprinkling of rain as the
"brake" rolled full cargo of humanity
on to Sunday school didn't hurt any of
us, though it or something else kept
some of the neighbors from school and
public worship. This remark does not
include the dear sick ones at their homes.
After the usual exercises with my in
terested audience-one or two of them
would sleep-I returned to Goshen.
In the afternoon Bro. B. took me to
see some OF the sick. Mr.. John Miller
we found recovering slowly from severe
sickness. He and Mr.. Boland was i'm
proving slowly, and that Mrs. Alonzo
Miller was too i'll to be seen; so we drove
no further than to Mr.. James Fulmer's
gate where We met him. And as no one
else was at home our esteemed friend got
all the benefit Of short visit on wheels
at the gate. Here we turned round.
Along the way to town we found that
the Sunday school, old folks and children,
had gone ahead TO Leesville to prepare
themselves the better for "Children's
Day."
called to see Mr.. Vests family and
specially to inquire after Rev. Mrs. +. 0.
Watson who had been for fortnight sick
of malarial fever. Was glad to find the
young itinerant wife improving. Bro.
Watson had gone back to his york
Wedgefeld Circuit.
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Moral Courage.

Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever guise it
appears; and your contempt for dis
honest duplicity, by whomsoever ex-
hibited.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you can pay for new ones.
Have the courage to obey God at the
risk of being ridiculed by men.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and propriety to fashion, in all things.
Have courage to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit
for knowledge under false pretenses.
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TOE NAILS, INGRowING.-The in
growing of toe nails may be caused by
the wearing of tight boots or shoes, OF
by an improper mode of cutting the
nails. Procure boots or shoes which
will accommodate the toes and give
the nails perfect freedom from pres
sure. Then scrape, with piece OF
glass or knife, the whole length Of
the middle of the nails, until they be-
come tender. In this condition the
edges of the nails are gradually with
drawn from the flesh, and the Difficult
ty is removed. Toe nails should be
cut straight across, or slightly con
cave. They should never be trimmed
at the corners.
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Many man has never even begun
to learn the alphabet of a mothers
love until he was taken sick, or lost
his property, or was forsaken by his
friends, or was in some sort of trouble; {;
then, beholding the constancy of his
mothers affection for him, he began
to pick out the letters, and for the first
time in his life spell the word Glove"
Let parents exhibit little sponta-
neity now and then in their gifts or
other favors to their children. Let
them not always wait to be asked.
There is more in this than some will
see at the first glance.
A little boy who had been used to re-
ceive his elder brothers. old toys and
clothes recently asked: "Ma, shall ]
have to marry his widow when he
dies ?n
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COM MON S.
Papa's Letter.

was sitting in my study.
Writing letters, when I heard,
please, dear mamma. Mary told me
Mamma mustn't be disturbed.
"But rs tired Of the kitty;
Want some oZZer fling to do.
Writing letters, is 'ou mamma?
Tan't 1 write letter too?"
"Not now, darling, mamma's busy;
Run and play with kitty now"
"No, no, mamma, me write letters
Tan If 'ou will show me how"
Iwould paint my darling's portrait,
AS his sweet eyes searched my face
Hair of gold and eyes OF AZURE a
Form Of childish, witching grace
But the eager face was clouded,
AS slowly shook my head,
TIL I said, "I'll make letter
OF you, darling boy, instead"
SO parted back the tresses
From his forehead high and white,
And q stamp in sport pasted
Mid its waves of golden light.
Then said, "Now, little letter
Go away and bear good news"
And smiled as down the staircase
Clattered loud the little shoes.
Leaving me, the darling hurried
Down to Mary in his glee;
"Mamma's writing lots of letters
Is letter, Mary-see"
No one heard the little prattler
AS once more he climbed the stair
Reached his little cap and tippet,
Standing on the entry stair.
No one heard the front door open,
No one saw the golden hair
AS IL floated DER his shoulders
In the crisp November air.
Down the street the baby fastened.
TIL he reached the office door;
ais q letter, Mr.. Postman;
Is there room for any more?"
"Cause dis letters doin' to papa;
Papa lives with God, 'ou know,
Mamma sent me for n letter;
Does 'ou fink at tan go?"
But the clerk in wonder answered:
"Not to-day, my little man."
"Den I'll find anoZzer office,
Cause l must go If TAM"